Ganges (Ship : 1809-1858)

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Whaling vessel; out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Thomas Coffin, 2nd, on voyage to the French Rock, Vasquez, On the Line, and New Zealand whaling grounds; built at Haverhill, Ma., 1809; condemned 1858.

From the description of Logbook of the ship Ganges, 1849 Sept. 12-1853 July 20. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 181375551

Chartered ship, 627 tons. Principal Managing Owner: Edward Moore Boultbee. Voyages: (1) 1828/9 Bengal and Madras. Capt Edward Moore Boultbee. Downs 19 Jul 1829 - 15 Sep Cape - 22 Nov Calcutta - 1 Jan 1830 Saugor - 7 Jan Coninga - 17 Jan Masulipatam - 20 Jan Madras - 26 Mar Cape - 7 Apr St Helena - 2 Jun Blackwall. (2) 1830/1 Bengal. Capt Edward Moore Boultbee. Downs 7 Aug 1831 - 26 Oct Cape - 16 Jan 1832 Calcutta - 29 Mar Kedgeree - 18 Jun Cape - 10 Jul St Helena - 12 Sep Long Reach.

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creatorOf McClure, James, 1750-1791. Papers, 1778-1867. New Hampshire Historical Society Library
referencedIn Merrimack (Ship). Merrimack (Ship) naval cruising journal, 1799. Peabody Essex Museum
creatorOf Ganges (Ship : 1809-1858). Logbook of the ship Ganges, 1849 Sept. 12-1853 July 20. Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library
referencedIn Sullivan Dorr Papers, 1799-1852 Rhode Island Historical Society
referencedIn Friendship (Ship). Friendship (Ship) logbook, 1797-1799. Peabody Essex Museum
referencedIn Dale, Richard, 1756-1826. ALS, off the Virginia capes, to Willing and Francis, 1798 June 24. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Life in an emigrant ship [manuscript] : journal of a voyage to New Zealand in the ship "Ganges". Libraries Australia
referencedIn Heard, Daniel S. Ship Ganges bound from Boston to Cape of Good Hope, Bombay & Surat : left Boston Harbour, Tuesday Jan[uar]y 6th 1801 : ship Arab bound from Gogo to Canton Aug. 10th 1801. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Ganges: Deck Log British Library
referencedIn Gowlland, John Thomas Ewing, 1838-1874. Journals and logs [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Cook, Lewis D.,. Commodore Thomas Tingey research collection, 1795-1931. Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
referencedIn Fields, Annie, 1834-1915. Papers of the Spence and Lowell families, 1740-1958, (bulk 1797-1861). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Ganges: Deck Log British Library
referencedIn Tingey, Thomas, 1750-1829. Papers of Thomas Tingey, 1795-1827. Library of Congress
referencedIn Account books and other material relating to the whaling industry chiefly from New Bedford and Nantucket, Mass., 1774-1922 (inclusive) [microform]. Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
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